"[UK] Abuse Pictures Looking 'Increasingly Like Hoax' - Hoon"

From this:

Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon tonight said that the Daily Mirror pictures which allegedly showed British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners appeared "increasingly like a hoax".

Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan swiftly issued a statement saying that the newspaper does not accept that the Ministry of Defence had proved that the photographs — one of which appeared to show troops urinating on a prisoner and striking him with a rifle — were faked.

Mr Hoon's comments were an expansion on information he gave to MPs earlier today.

During a statement to the Commons, Mr Hoon said that the Special Investigation Branch had told him there were "strong indications" that the vehicle in which the pictures were taken was not in Iraq at the relevant time.

The Beeb misleadingly entitles a similar story 'Apology demanded on abuse photos'. However, the demand is coming from the British regiment involved, not the Iraqis.

Iraq · Mon, 05/10/2004 - 10:08 · · Importance: 1

Comments

We all want an apology.

Can't we all just apologize. Make up. Hug. And maybe forget this whole unpleasantness ever happened.

Posted by: IXLNXS at May 10, 2004 2:59 PM

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